BROWSING: Ericsson
T-MOBIL TESTS ERICSSON GPRS
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -L.M. Ericsson reported July 29 that German cellular operator T-Mobil has now deployed its Ericsson General Packet Radio Service system for testing. The T-Mobil-Ericsson GPRS contract was the first announced in the world back in January.The Ericsson GPRS packet-switching equipment, installed in...
AT&T COULD ADD THIRD EQUIPMENT VENDOR
DENVER-Analysts speculate AT&T Wireless Services Inc. may add Nortel Networks as an additional supplier of Time Division Multiple Access equipment.Growth on the carrier's networks has skyrocketed since AT&T Wireless introduced the Digital One Rate plan last May. The plan eliminates long-distance and roaming fees....
AETHER CONNECTS WITH ERICSSON ON WIRELESS DATA
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Technologies Inc. announced it will join L.M. Ericsson's new Wireless Internet Solutions unit to co-market and develop wireless data services specifically targeting the online financial investment community.Under the agreement, Ericsson will deliver wireless data network solutions for a variety of platforms,...
INDUSTRY PUSHES CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SECURE MORE 3G SPECTRUM
WASHINGTON-A broad cross section of wireless carriers, manufacturers and trade associations called on the Clinton administration to secure an additional 160 megahertz for third-generation mobile phone service and to promote global spectrum harmonization at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next year.In comments submitted...
D.C. BRIEFS
The Federal Communications Commission has delayed until fall its truth-in-billing rules because the Office of Management and Budget did not approve of the information collections portion of the rules. The rules were adopted April 15, but now will not be effective until at least...
ERICSSON FORMS INTERNET UNIT; PARTNERS WITH GOAMERICA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.J.-Ericsson Inc. announced it formed Ericsson Wireless Internet Solutions, a new unit that will marry Ericsson's knowledge in wireless technologies and the Internet, and offer an array of wireless Internet solutions tailored to benefit cellular operators, service providers and enterprises.Separately, GoAmerica...
WORLD BRIEFS
FranceFrance Telecom said it signed a partnership agreement with the Sonae group in Portugal. The two already have a working relationship as stakeholders in Optimus, the third mobile operator in Portugal. The new partnership would be held 43.33 percent by France Telecom and 56.67...
AT&T’S HESSE CONTESTS NYC QUALITY COMPLAINTS
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse says enough is enough when it comes to the press his company has received in recent weeks about capacity problems in New York."It isn't a story anymore," said Hesse in an interview with RCR. "Compared...
QUARTER IS GOOD TO WIRELESS VENDORS
Two weeks after the ouster of L.M. Ericsson's President and Chief Executive Officer Sven-Christer Nilsson, the company revealed in its second quarter earnings report some of the financial factors contributing to Nilsson's dismissal.Meanwhile, competitors Nokia Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. chalked up strong quarters...
DIVERSINET JOINS WAP FORUM
TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move expected to bring added encryption security standards to the wireless data transmission technology.Diversinet said it plans to work closely with the WAP Forum's Security Group to develop open security standards based on public...
ERICSSON LAUNCHES DATA TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson Inc. said it launched its Wireless Applications Validation Environment Laboratory technology initiative at the company's U.S. headquarters in Richardson, Texas.The initial project will show Ericsson's Time Division Multiple Access-based enhanced data rate for global evolution solution, which will illustrate high-bandwidth mobile wireless...
SBC IN ILLINOIS SELECTS ERICSSON’S JAMBALA
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it will deploy its Jambala open application platform over SBC Wireless' Time Division Multiple Access wireless networks in Chicago and Springfield, Ill.The implementation will increase flexibility and openness within SBC's network infrastructure, allowing delivery of value-added services to subscribers, said Ericsson....
AMERICAN WIRELESS OPENS MIAMI OFFICE
CAMPBELL, Calif.-American Wireless has opened an office in Miami to serve its expansion into Latin America. Gilbert Valdesuso, formerly with CellStar Corp., was named vice president of the operation, said the company."Using Miami as our staging area, we will focus initially on hardware distribution...
VIEWPOINT: SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
A recent advertisement for HEAD tennis racquets shows a photo of tennis sensation Andre Aggasi and below it, the caption, "Long live the radicals."It's a cute slogan for tennis, but not one the wireless industry will covet. Nothing, radical or otherwise, seems long-lived in...
LHS JOINS MALAYSIAN GROUP
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it has been accepted as a member of the new Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia, an initiative to encourage technological innovation and attract foreign partners who have valuable and advanced technology.MSC offers incentives, including digital and physical infrastructure, laws that...
ERICSSON OUSTS NILSSON
Restructuring has proven to be a difficult task for Swedish vendor L.M. Ericsson, whose board of directors last week unanimously opted to unseat President and CEO Sven-Christer Nilsson.
Alarmed Nilsson wasn't working fast enough to improve Ericsson's profitability, the board appointed Chairman Lars Ramqvist to...
QUALCOMM’S BIG BITE: U.S. DIGITAL HANDSET MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY, 1Q 1999
The Gartner Group's Dataquest reports that Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access-based handsets are the top-selling handset in the U.S. market. As such, Qualcomm Inc., powered by a lead in the CDMA market, has leapfrogged L.M. Ericsson in terms of market share. Ericsson, Motorola...
ITU TASK GROUP OKS 3G HARMONIZATION
WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in June in Beijing approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European CDMA technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, paving the way for the compromise to be translated into a new, global-roaming standard by year's end.ITU...
PRODUCTS
HandsetsKyoceraKyocera plans to begin marketing at the end of July in Japan its VP-210 VisualPhone, a PHS phone with a built-in camera that can transmit and receive images in real time at a rate of two frames per second. The handset incorporates a CMOS...
INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR ROAMING STYMIED
MIAMI-The market opportunity for international roaming is clear, present and growing, but domestic U.S. carriers so far have been focused on tapping the large and more immediate potential posed by the burgeoning data traffic at home."Many of the U.S. carriers I follow have not...
ASIA-PACIFIC BRIEFS
AUSTRALIATelstra will extend its CDMA network in Australia to include country locations currently covered by its GSM network but lacking in analog coverage, said the company.Hutchison Telecoms in Australia announced it will adopt the brand name Orange, the global communications brand of the Hutchison...
REGION SEES MORE HINTS OF PRIVATIZATION
LONDON-The main trends in the Middle East wireless industry for the current year were highlighted back in March with calls from senior industry professionals for greater private-sector participation and the introduction of competition in this steadily expanding market.Speaking at the plenary session of the...
ERICSSON PLANS TO STRIKE IT BIG IN CDMA NETWORKS
L.M. Ericsson wants the industry to know it plans to become a formidable contender in the cdmaOne infrastructure business.It's been more than a month since the company completed its purchase of Qualcomm Inc.'s fledgling infrastructure division and licensed intellectual property rights to cdmaOne technology...
ERICSSON UNVEILS NEW SUITE OF PHONES
NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus '99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year and early next year.For those who want a wireless communications device rugged enough for...